...and only for the US government. I doubt they want anyone independently making WND in the US :)
William On Sun, 19 Sep 2004, Brian Henning wrote: > I'm not sure if this is cynicism on my part or not, but I couldn't help but > notice how it says "...in the creation of weapons of mass destruction *to be > used by nations other than the US.*" (emphasis mine of course). So you > *can* use plan9 for WMDs, but only in the United States of America. > > I agree. Egads. > > ~Brian > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Mike M > Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 12:32 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [TriLUG] plan9 > > > Reading /. today I ran across plan9 again and did > some googling. Found the download section which was > amusing/disturbing: > > To download the software [plan9], you must fill out this form: > > Mandatory: > I acknowledge that > > * the software is not intended for use by a government end-user > except those in the United States, Canada, the European Union, > Australia, Norway, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Japan, > Switzerland, and New Zealand. (government end-users are defined in > part 772). > * I understand that the cryptographic software is subject to > export controls under the Export Administration Regulations. > * I understand that I cannot export the software without a > license or other authorization. > * I will not be using Plan 9 in the creation of weapons > of mass destruction to be used by nations other than > the US. > > Egads. WMD? > > Anybody ever try plan9? There was a claim on /. that OpenBSD wants to > use the plan9 C compiler but have problems with the license (which > I can see might be a problem for them). > -- > Mike > > Moving forward in pushing back the envelope of the corporate paradigm. > -- > TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc > > -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
